Trump calls for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine after talks with Zelenskyy

Donald Trump, left, met French President Emmanuel Macron, centre, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Elysee Palace. Picture: Aurelien Morissard/AP

US President-elect Donald Trump has called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, claiming Kyiv “would like to make a deal” to end the more than 1,000-day war.

Shortly after a meeting in Paris with French and Ukrainian leaders, Mr Trump claimed on his Truth Social platform that Moscow and Kyiv have both lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers in a war that “should never have started”.